Prefabricated building



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PREFABRICATED BUILDING Filed May '7, 1938 Patented Jan. 9, 1940 UNITED STATES search Heem PATENT OFFICE PREFABRICATED BUILDING Joseph C. Estes, Woonsocket, R. I., assignor to Austin T. Levy, Harrisville, R. I.

Application May 7, 1938, Serial No. 206,621

12 Claims.

My invention relates to prefabricated buildings.

In such buildings having walls comprising insulating panels set in a metallic marginal frame and covered by anchoring material and cementitious material clinched thereby, it has heretofore been proposed to connect the partitions to a metal stud member comprising oppositely disposed welded channels, and to provide a partition panel receiving channel welded to the inner face of such a stud member. As a result, wherever a partition has been desired it has been necessary to plan for the same and provide such a stud in the wall wherever a partition is to be provided, thereby materially increasing the expense. Further, the necessity for these partition studs has required special panels and thereby further increased expense. Also, after the erection of the wall, possible changes have been limited without considerable expense being involved in inserting such a stud to accord with the changed partition location.

My invention has among its objects to eliminate these diiculties. A further object of my invention is to provide an improved and simplied structure enabling a partition to be connected at any desired point along the wall between the studs thereof. A still further object of my invention is to provde an improved construction whereby t is made possible to eliminate all necessity for the use of a partition carrying stud comprising oppositely disposed channnels or for welding thereto a partition panel receiving channel. Other objects of my invention include the provision of an improved construction adapted to obtain the above results, while also producing an exceedingly stable partition structure and one which may be readily and quickly erected with a minimum of expense at any desired point, while also being adapted to use as a connection to outer walls or to other partition walls. These and other advantages of my improvements will, however, hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown for purposes of illustration three embodiments which my improvements may assume in practice.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a panel Wall having one form of my improved partition structure connected thereto, the anchoring material and cementitious coatings being omitted to facilitate illustration;

Fig.- 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figure 1, the anchoring material being shown theren and portions of the cementitious material;

Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to Figures 1 and 2 but showing a modified construction especially adapted to use after the plaster has been applied to the carrying wall, and

Fig. is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a further modified form of that construction.

Referring first to Figures 1 and 2, it will be noted that I have therein shown a wall cornprising an insulating panel I set in a channeled marginal frame comprising spaced oppositely disposed channeled stud members 2 and a bottom sill channel 3 and top plate channel 4, this panel I having spaced reenforcing and anchoring material spacing rods 5 on opposite faces thereof having their ends extending into the channels 3 and 4 in a well known manner; my improved construction here being illustrated as connected to the panel I between adjacent studs 2 and above a iioor B carried on suitable supports not shown, and below furring strips 1 fixed to the upper plate member 4.

In my improved construction, a so-called half stud 8, corresponding to one-half of the studs 2, is provided which is connected to the carrying wall between the studs 2 thereon and extends from a point just above the oor 6 to a point just below the lower edge of the cap member 4. This half stud when in this relation to the iioor 6 and plate member 4, is attached directly to the insulating panel I and by improved means. Herein the back of the channel 8 directly engages the panel I and the connecting means extend through the channel and the panel I. As shown, they include a plurality of bolts 9 having their heads between the arms of the channel 8 and extending through spaced holes in the bottom of this channel member and corresponding holes I0 formed in the panel I, to the outside of the latter. There, they are connected to the panel I by suitable nuts Il. while large metal washers I2 are also inserted between the nuts and the outside face of the panel I. As a result, the washers I2 being as wide or wider than the hall studs 8, it will be evident, that the latter will be very securely clamped to the panel I in the desired position, ready to receive the edge of a partition panel board I3 of insulating material and corresponding to the panel and carrying rods I4 corresponding to the rods 5.

When this partition panel member I3 has been thus inserted and suitably positioned in any desired manner, it will also be observed that improved means are also provided which cooperate with the half stud B and panel I3 ln positioning the partition, these means herein also cooperystud 8 and is spaced therefrom. Further, the

Wire mesh II, I8 on opposite sides of the panel I3 is extended somewhat over the flanges on the half stud 8, but is spaced from the adjacent edge of the sections I5, I6 in such manner as to provide a gap I9 at the corner. Overlying each of the sections I5, Il and IS, I8 on the panels I and I5 is also a right-angled mesh member 2D having portions disposed parallel to the adjacent portions of the wire mesh I5, I'I and I6, I8 and having a substantial overlap therewith, as well -as a portion 2| which extends into the gap I9.

Thus, with the overlapped portions of the wire mesh suitably connected to the panels, as, for example, by common metal tie members 22, it will be evident that when this wire mesh materlal is covered with cementitious material, as for example at 23, a very stable partition wall structure will be produced, at the same time that it is made possible to obtain square corners on opposite sides of the junction of the partition with the wall.

As a result of my improved construction, it is not only made possible to reduce the cost of partitions, but also to enable the same to be much more readily and quickly erected and at any desired point, without the limitations heretofore imposed on their use by the prior construction. For example, where it is desired to insert a closet Wall or bath wall in a different location from that originally planned, my improved construction makes it possible to do this while continuing to use standard panels and a minimum of studs and without changing the wall to which the closet or bath wall is to be connected. Further, it is possible to produce a very stable connection, not only by reason of the bolt connections, but also through the combined action of the bolt connections and the action of the overlapping anchoring material and the cementitious material clinched thereon. Further, it will be observed that the outer ends of the bolts are disposed within the limits of the rods and mesh on that face of the panel to which the partition is bolted. Obviously, my improved construction, While illustrated in Fig. 1 as attached to an outside wall, may also be attached to an inside wall, as, for example, to another partition. Moreover, it will be evident that my construction is such as to enable a partition to be connected wherever desired, even after the wall to carry the paritition has been plastered, it being readily possible to remove the plaster and cut a slot in the wire in such manner as to permit the partition to be connected as desired.

In Figs. 3 4, I have shown a modied construction which is, however, preferred where a partition is to be erected after the plaster has been applied. In this construction, a half stud member 25 is inserted after only scraping away the plaster to expose the wire mesh 26. Herein, the upper end of this half stud 25 is welded at 21 to the adjacent flange on the channeled plate member 4 while the lower end of this half stud 25 is fixed to the floor 6, the member 25 preferably being provided with a laterally extending foot 28 which is suitably connected, as by a nail 29, to the ioor 6. Thus, it will be evident that in this construction all necessity for disturbing the wire mesh on the plastered wall is eliminated, while a stable partition connection is provided, it being understood that a right-angled mesh member, corresponding to the member 20, 5 1s here inserted in each corner, as previously described.

In Figure 5, I have also shown a modified form of this construction which may be utilized where a partition is to be connected to an inner partil0 tion, the half stud member 25 there being received in a slot 30 formed in the wooden base member 3|. When connected to such a partition wall, it is also connected, as above described, to the upper channeled plate member 4 15 and also to the oor by a foot member, such as heretofore described. Obviously, after the partitions have been connected as shown in Figuras 3 to 5 and the right-angled mesh members have been inserted in the corners, the plaster will be replaced, the same then again extending out to the line 32.

While I have herein specifically described three forms which my invention may assume in practice, it will be understood that these forms have been shown for purposes of illustration, and that the construction may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs and a nonload bearing panel therebetween composed of insulating material, and means including a rigid channel member extending across the unsupported portion of said non-load bearing panel for receiving the adjacent edge of a partition wall and connecting the same to said first mentioned wall between said studs.

2. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs and a panel of insulating material therebetween, a partition wall fixed to said wall between said studs, and anchoring material overlapping the junction of said walls and fixed thereto to provide a rigid structure when coated with cementitious material.

3. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs and a nonlo load bearing panel therebetween, and a partition wall fixed to said wall between said studs including a channel member fixed to said wall adjacent said panel and between said studs, and a partition panel received in said channel member.

4. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs and a panel of insulating material therebetween, a partition Wall fixed to said wall between said studs includ- 00 ing a channel member fixed to said wall adjacent said panel and between said studs, a partition panel received in said channel member, and anchoring material overlapping said walls at the junction thereof to provide a rigid structure when 05 coated with cementitious material.

5. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs and a panel therebetween, a partition wall xed to said wall between said studs, and anchoring material overlying said walls at the junction thereof, including sections of wire mesh at right angles on different walls, and angled corner strips of mesh overlapping the adjacent sections.

6. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs, and a panel of sheet material therebetween, a partition wall including a channel member fixed to said wall between said studs, and a partition panel received in said channel member, said marginal frame including plate and sill members and said channel extending from adjacent one to a point above the other.

7. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs, a panel of non-rigid material having its periphery supported by said frame and having spaced reenforcing and anchoring material spacing rods thereon, and means extending across the unsupported portion of said panel between certain of said rods for receiving the edge of a partition wall and positioning the latter relative wall to said wall.

8. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal frame presenting studs, a panel therebetween having spaced reenforcing and anchoring material spacing rods thereon, and means between certain of said rods for connecting a par tition wall to said panel including a channel member engaging said panel and clamping means extending through said channel and panel and having cooperating abutment means on the opposite face of the latter.

9. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal plate member and spaced studs, and presenting a panel aperture, a panel in said aperture, a door adjacent said wall, and partition connection means disposed between said studs and xed at its opposite ends to said plate member and door.

10. In a prefabricated building, a wall including a marginal plate member and spaced studs and presenting a panel aperture, a panel in said aperture, a oor adjacent said wall, and partition connection means disposed between 5 said studs and fixed at its opposite ends to said plate member and oor, said means including a channel welded to said plate member and having a foot member xed to said door.

l1. In a prefabricated building, a wall includl0 ing a marginal plate member and spaced studs and presenting a panel aperture, a panel in said aperture, a floor adjacent said wall, and partition connection means disposed between said studs and iixed at its opposite ends to said plate 15 member and floor, said means including a channel and said panel having anchoring material on a surface thereof extending between said panel and said channel.

12. In a prefabricated building, a wall includ- 20 ing a marginal plate member and spaced studs and presenting a panel aperture, a panel in said aperture, a floor adjacent said wall, partition connecting' means disposed between said studs and xed at its opposite ends to said plate mem- 25 ber and floor, said means including a channel and said panel having anchoring material on a surface thereof extending between said panel and said channel, a partition panel in said channel carying cooperating anchoring material means, $0 and anchoring material members in the corners overlapping portions of the anchoring material on the different panels.

JOSEPH C. ESTES.

273)) CERTIFICATE oF CORRECTION. Patent No. 185,60 January 9, 19m.

JOSEPH C. ESTES.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of' the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 5, first Column, line l?, claim 7, strike out the word "wall" first occurrence; and that the said Letters Ptent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 27th day of February, A. D. 19140.

Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

